1. FACT SHEET
Symbioun Technologies, Inc. 770.755.7557 | info@symbiountech.com | www.symbiountech.com
Atlanta |Silicon Valley |Belgium| Chennai
ABOUT SYMBIOUN
Symbioun is a software product engineering service provider with a
successful track record of over 5 years. We build software products
for Startups, established Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), and
Fortune 1000 companies. Symbioun has significant domain expertise
in several industry segments including eLearning, Mobile Platforms,
and Social Media segments.
SERVICE OFFERING
NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: Symbioun provides an end-to-end
product development services that includes proof-of-concept,
feasibility study, rapid prototyping, complete product development,
and deployment. We understand the challenges of rolling out a new
product and have adopted a set of best practices that ensure
successful new product rollout.
REENGINEERING: When products outlive their design, become
obsolete due to technology changes, or have new demands due to an
evolving market place, re-engineering becomes imperative to protect
or grow the market share. Symbioun has a well-defined three phase
methodology to provide re-engineering services.
SUSTENANCE: Symbioun provides ongoing sustenance for new products, multiple product versions
(including legacy versions), and end-of-life support. Symbioun’s approach to Sustenance is geared to
deliver significant tangible benefits to its customers.
PERFORMANCE ENGINEERING: Symbioun offers services to measure performance using tools,
identify bottlenecks in the application and resource utilization. Once the performance bottlenecks
are identified, we go through a corrective phase to improve the code and/or design, or suggest an
infrastructure that provides the required performance.
IT Consulting: Symbioun has rich experience in addressing a variety of business challenges in Fortune
1000 companies through the use of technology, off-the-shelf software products, processes, and
global talent pools. Our consultants have exposure to several industry domains and can be
productive right from the start of the engagement.
Number of Employees: 140 +
Successful Projects: 65
Services: New Product
Development, Sustenance
Performance Engineering, IT
Consulting
Key Differentiators:
Innovation in Services Delivery,
Domain Knowledge, Agile
Development. Optimized
delivery model
Microsoft Gold Partner, Sun
Partner Advantage
ISO 9001-2008 certification*,
MBE certified
KEYFACTS
2. Symbioun Technologies, Inc. 770.755.7557 | info@symbiountech.com | www.symbiountech.com
Atlanta |Silicon Valley |Chennai (India)
DIFFERENTIATORS
INNOVATION IN SERVICES DELIVERY: Symbioun has invested in bringing innovation in services
delivery. Proactive investments in building capabilities on new technologies, innovation contests
for Symbiounites, proactive de-risking through POCs, emphasis on finding the shortest path to
solving customer challenges are some of the practical ways by which innovation is fostered.
DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE: Symbioun has invested in building domain knowledge in various industry
segments including eLearning, Mobile platforms and Social Media applications. Domain knowledge
is imparted to Symbiounites through a combination of hands-on project work, ongoing training
through a in-house learning management system, exposure to industry events, and guest speakers
from the industry.
AGILE PROCESSES: Weekly sprints and frequent product releases have become the norm among our
customers and we have recognized this from the day we started our operations. Symbioun has
invested a lot in building a team that lives and breathes the agile development model. Daily Standup
Meetings, Test-driven development, Refactoring, Continuous Integration and Build Management,
Multi-skilled team members are all a way of life at Symbioun.
MILESTONES
Dec 1993 Commenced IT Consulting Operations in Atlanta
July 2005 Established the Chennai ODC
Nov 2005 Foray into eLearning product development service
July 2006 Launched Mobile Banking Product Development Service with focus on J2ME, SMS,USSD
Mar 2007 Adopted ProTi Project Management framework
TechMon (Technology on Mondays: Interactive Weekly Knowledge Sharing Sessions)
Nov 2007 Established Center of Excellence for Adobe RIA tools
Jan 2008 Started building Mobile Product Framework
Apr 2008 Microsoft Certified Partner
May 2008 Sun Partner Advantage
Jun 2009 Commenced service offerings for location based services
Nov 2009 Top 15 in the Silicon India Si100 Merit List
June 2010 Microsoft Gold Certified Partner
3. Symbioun Technologies, Inc. 770.755.7557 | info@symbiountech.com | www.symbiountech.com
Atlanta |Silicon Valley |Chennai (India)
MANAGEMENT TEAM
Victor Kannan, President & CEO
Prior to founding Symbioun, Victor was the CFO at American Megatrends, a privately held fast
growth successful high-tech company and Cadillac Jack, a fast growth international gaming company.
He has more than 20 years of experience in strategic planning and execution in various industries
including Banking, High Tech Manufacturing, Engineering, Gaming and IT. He has a knack for picking
growth areas and risk management. He is a member of several advisory boards including that of
BB&T.
Shanker Janakiraman, CTO
With about 20 years of IT architecture, software product design, software development and project
management experience in various MNC’s including Goldman Sachs and Siemens; Shanker leads
Symbioun’s India operations. He is an alumnus of Tulane University and Georgia Institute of
technology. He has received Siemens’ innovator’s award.
Venkat Ganupuru, Chairman
An industry Veteran with over 25 years in technology sector and founder of Instcomp, Inc. in 1993,
Venkat is currently working in the Nano Fuel Cells development technology.
CUSTOMERS
*ISO 9001-2008 certification expected by Dec2010